Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam --Guruparampara --Chapter 13
Srimathe
Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikaya Namaha
Sri
Ranganatha Divya Mani Padhukabhyam Namaha
Srirangam
Srimath Andavan Ashramam has been the center for spreading ”The philosophy
of VisistAdvaitA “ which is a very
ancient one having come down to us through ages as an unbroken tradition. It
has the authority of eternal vEdas, Upanishads, in Sanskrit and Divya
Prabhandams in Tamil, as well as the Lord’s own words “PancharAthra”.
It is the true Philosophy of religion unassailable , dear to Divya
dampathis , dear to seers , dear to Alwars and Acharyas.
His
holiness initiated efforts to spread this message of Srivaishnavism and
Prapathi margam founded and propagated by Sri Bhagavath Ramanuja and nurtured
by Sri Nigamantha Mahadesika several centuries ago and performed samasrayanam
and saranagathi to thousands of sishyas. His Holiness Offered Mangalasasanams
to the Divya Dampathis of most of the 108 Divya Desams, imparted Grantha
Chathustya Kalakshepams and Anugraha Bhashanams to countless audiences.
In
Bhagavath Geetha ,
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Lord Krishna says to ArjunA
“ChathurvidhA
bhajanthE mAm janA: sukruthinOrjunA
ArthO
jignAsurarthArthi GnAni
cha bharatharshabha;”
(Four types of devotees of noble deeds worship me
1. The seeker after worldly possession,
2. afflicted,
3. the seeker of knowledge, and
4.man
of wisdom, Gnani, oh, best of Bharathas)
Chap
7-17
ThEsham
Gnani nithyayuktha Eka bhakthir vishishyathE
PriyO
hi GnaninOthyartham aham
cha mama priya:
(Of
these, the best is man of wisdom (Gnani) ever established in identity with me
and possessed exclusive devotion for me , I am extremely dear to Gnani,
and gnani is extremely dear to me)
Acharyas
are Gnanis
, who are dearer to God. Acharyas
dispel the darkness of mind and enlighten with knowledge for which even God
himself cannot find substitute as repayment,for the matchless upakaram the
Acharya has done, as quoted by Swamt Desikan in “Yetri manathezhil” in 38th
pasuram of Adhikara Sangraham.Praising Acharya’s glory retaining Acharyas
teachings in mind, and spreading AcharyAs greatness etc. are only very very
small and insignificant, when compared to the greatest help,
the Acharya has done to
the sishya earlier.
It
is our purva janma punyam that we have our Acharya to guide us in the
righteous path to spread the fragrance of Arulicheyals and Divya sukthis of
Alwars and purvacharyas and philosophy of Visihtadvaita, tarvelling far and
wide throughout the country.Sishyas and Abhimanis living abroad in USA UK,
Middle east, Singapore and Australia are blessed by His Tele –Upanyaasams
every month for the last 6 years. His holiness is a Charismatic mentor, and
his soulabyam, souselyam and His impartiality etc. won the appreciation of
several thousands of his sishyas.
The
following are some of the many Hymns authored by His Holiness Srimushnam
Andavan which were composed more than 30 years ago in His purvasramam.
1.
VeerAchala Sri RAmachandra SuprabhAtham (This work is sung in praise of Sri
Ramar At Veerachalam. Veerachalam is a place in present day Andhra pradesh
where Srimath Andavan Swamy served as a Sanskrit professor for many years.)
2.
Prapanna Navaneetham (In
this sthothram, the first letter of each slokam is highlighted. All the
highlighted letters if read in a sequence gives a very special meaning
pertaining to the sthothram)
3.
PanchAnana PanchAmrutham
4.
Krishna ThArakam (In this sthothram, the first letter of each slokam is
highlighted. All the highlighted letters if read in a sequence gives a very
special meaning, “Pranava kAra” in this case.)
5.
VAkyAnvayAdhikarana vishayaha
6.
PAdukavihAra sabhA prabhAvaha (This was composed by our Swamy on the greatness
of PadukA vihAra sabhaconducted regularly. It was the 29th sabha on which he
wrote this work and some mathematics in the slokams enshrined in this
sthothram yield the number 29. In the last slokam, Swamy uses a special
variant of rhythm known as "PadachaturUrdhvAbhidam vruttam".)
His
Holiness took up the project of building Brindavanams for HH Srimath
Thirukkudanthai Andavan and HH srimath Mysore Andavan and renovated
Brindavanams of other poorvacharyas for which samprokshanam took place in
1990.
H.H.
also built Ashramams at
Construction
of Sannidhi for Gopalarya Maha Desikan,(1700-1783)-Munitraya Siddhantha
Sthapanacharyar, on his 301st birthday at his birth place
Royampettai. Construction of Kalyana Mandapamat Ashramam premises in
Kanchipuram for the convenience of devotees.
Constructions
/Renovation of of temples, at
Dombiville,
Jayanagar, Kadal-mangalam,Kurugaikavalappan koil, New Delhi, Perumpetrapuliur,
Sripuram, Thirukkandiyur, Uthiramerrur also took place during the past 15
years.
Starting
of Veda Patasalas, at Vaduvoor, Kanchipuram, Thiruchanur, thiruvahindapuram
and SriMushnam. Starting of
Aghama sAstra training, for the students at Srirangam patasala , nominating
Koothapakkam Kannamachariar to train and award dheekshas, to deserving
students.
Srimad
Andavan arts and science college: H.H. being a learned scholar and a
teacher by profession before adorning the peetam, has a strong faith
that Education, should reach the downtrodden irrespective of cast
,creed or sex, paved way for funding this temple of education,declared open by
The President of India Dr. Sankar Dayal sarma on 26th Oct 1996
which has 1250 students and 80 faculty members now that will upgrade as Deemed
to be University with in 8 years.
Kalyanapuram
R. Aravamudhachariar, Asthana Vidvan,Srimad Andavan Ashram under the advice of
HH set up
Harikatha training for students as optional in 2002 and 21 students
were undergoing training.
HH
has offered a Vajra kavacham for Perumal at sripuram temple in
HH
under His direct supervision made the utsava moorthies of sri
Bhashyakarar and sri Rukmani sathyabhama sametha sri Venugopalan and sent them
to
A
silver lined wooden simhasanam costing 3.5 lakhs, was offered by His Holiness
to Thooppul Desikan during Purattasi Thiruvonam
in 2001.
Installation
of new utsava Moorthy costing about 1 lakh at Vaikundanathji
Mandir in
Starting
of a fund for offering Nithya Thatheeyaradhanam to the devotees visiting the
Andavan Ashram at Thirumalai and
Kanjipuram during Brahmothsavam and so on.
Starting
of a corpus fund for the maintenance of Ashram establishment that includes
emoluments for the kainkarya paras, Life Insurance for them and their family
etc.
As
perazhvar syas “Pallandu Pallandu”
to perumal , let us pray to the Divya Dampathis for blessing our
Acharya, Srimadh Srimushnam Andavan –Sri Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikan for
longevity with good health to guide us all in years to come.
P. Sreenivasan (of Besant Nagar,Chennai)